Horse-collar fastener



(No Model.)

C. J. WEIS. HORSE COLLAR FASTBNBR.

Patented une 9,1891.

622) i, [www co CHARLESJ. wins, oF FRANKFORT, KANSAS.

HORSE-COLLAR AFASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,789, dated .Tune 9, 1891.

Application filed February 25, 1891'. Serial No. 382,716. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

lie it known that I, CHARLES J. WEIS, of the city of Frankfort, Marshall county, and Sta-te oi' Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collar Fasteners, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being Y had to the accompanying drawings, forming a 'part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in horse-collar fasteners; and it consists in the .novel arrangement and combination of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described,

d designated in the claims.

in the drawings, Figure l. is a front elevation of my invention as applied to a collar. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the fastener one of the parts of the fastener with part of .,ie same broken away. Fig. 4 is a similar view ot' the other part, and Fig. 5 is a crosssection taken on the line x a; of Fig. l.

`Referring to the drawings, 1l indicates the after-Wale of an ordinary horse-collar, and l2 the fore-Wale of the Same.

My invention is usuallyand preferably ap Part 1 is provided with a depression 3, in

which a catch e is adapteA to be pivotaily slecured.- Catch i is provided with a projection 5, the saine being adapted to dt in depression4 3. Said projection is provided with an apen ture or hole, as is also the -bifurcated end ot' part l, through which an' ordinary pin or rivet may be passed, thereby pivotally securing.

catch 5 to part l.

Fart l is provided with a tapering decreased beveled portion G, the under part of said por i. parts detached.v Fig. 3 is a topplan View tion being cut away at a gentle incline, so as to form a shoulder 7.

8 indicates a staple, which is secured to part I l, through which the breast-strap may be inn l0 indicates shcuidersvwhich arise from the'V formation of flanges 9 on part 2.

The function of catch e, as hereinbefore described, is to hold parts l and 2 together-When thetapering decreased beveled portion G of part l is inserted in its appropriate groove,

as hereinbefore stated, which holding or securing is effected by simply turning catch 4 downwardly, bringing the same against shoul-- ders 10 and the top of the catch in contact with part 2, as shown in Fig. l. Then to disunite or detach the parts it is only necessary to elevate catch 4 in the position as shown in Fig. 2 and Slip the decreased beveled portion 6 out of its appropriate groove. Said parts l `and 2 are provided with perforatious 14.,.in

which screws or tacks may be inserted, orany other means employed for Securing said parte tothe collar.

Having fully describedm'y invention, whatl claim is l. In a fastener for separable horse-collars,

portions l and 2, sec'ured to opposite ends of the collar, a catch 4, pivot'ed to the beveled projection 6 of the tirstfmentioned portion, and shoulders lO on the portion f2, having a centrai recess between them, the said shoulders' having inwardly and downwardly inclined sides adapted to be engaged by the beveled edges of projection 6 whenthe latter rests in the central recess, substantially as described.

2. A fastener for separable horse-collars, consisting of parts l and 2, the former` of which is provided with a hinged catch It, the

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. seid 'catch vbeing secured to a decreased taper'- -ing beveled portion 6 of the-same,aud a diverging beveledv groove 1'1"' 4in' part 2,in Wwhich said decreased portion is adapted to be placed 5' vand secured 4therein bysaid catch,`subs tan tially as 4set; forth.v

tion of parts land '2, the former provided ,vi/'ith y e decreased beveled tapering portion 6, shoul- .ro der 7, and groove 3, a catch 4, secured or adapted 1go be securedin said groove 3,-the` latter-provided'with anges 9, shoulders 10, l and groove l1', in which said decreased beveled tapering portion 6 is adapted-to be in- I5 serted, substantially as set forthE 4. In a horse-collar'fastener, the combinan o '1'4"- A,tion of parts l and 2, he former'provided with `a, decreased beveled tapering port-ion 6, shoulder -7, and groove-,3, al, catch. 4, secured or adapted to be secured in 'said groove 3, a sta-l zo ple 8, secured'to said part 1, the `latter pro'-` v v fvided with eng'es 9, shoulders 10,' and groove In a horse-collar fastener, the combina- 11, in whichsaid decreased beveled tapering portion 6 is adapted' to be inserted, substantielly as set; form. we A l, v 2 5 eof I a'x my signature in In testimony,T l

presence of twownesses A A CHRLESQJWEIS.

Witnesses: i l

LM. LANE, G. D. OsBoBN. 

